Tonight 10 pm to tomorrow 2 pmCommon snook
The bite peaks at 77. Water is 75°, close to the 78° common snook like best, and a solunar period lands on the window. Wind builds to 26 mph out of the northeast by today at 3:00 pm.
Each float is an hour. The deeper it rides, the better the bite. The strip underneath runs daylight, dusk and dark; the red rule marks the best window. Click any hour to read it.
Right now
Common snook range 68–88°
From the north-northeast · rough for small boats
Sunrise 7:34 am
1% chance of rain
NWS hourly forecast
Measured, last 3 hours
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Each species is scored against its own water-temperature range and tide preference, then wind, weather and warnings. The rules are Florida regulations for these waters.
Right in common snook's ideal range. Common snook prefers outgoing tide. Strong wind — chop and difficult casting. Holds 2–20 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. Panhandle to Sarasota Bay: 28–33" slot, 1/day, snook permit required. Harvest open Mar 1–Apr 30 and Sep 1–Nov 30; catch-and-release the rest of the year.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Mar–Nov. More on common snook
Right in red drum's ideal range. Strong wind — chop and difficult casting. Red drum prefers incoming tide. Holds 3–20 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 18–27" slot, 1 per person a day; vessel limit 4 in the Panhandle and Big Bend regions and 2 from Tampa Bay south. Harvest is prohibited in federal waters.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Year-round, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. More on red drum
Right in spotted seatrout's ideal range. Strong wind — chop and difficult casting. Spotted seatrout prefers incoming tide. Holds 3–15 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. Tampa Bay south through Everglades National Park: 15–19" slot; one fish over 19" per vessel, or per person from shore, counts in the bag. 3 per person a day, open year-round.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Year-round, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. More on spotted seatrout
Right in black drum's ideal range. Strong wind — chop and difficult casting. Black drum prefers incoming tide. Holds 2–40 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. Florida: 14–24" slot, 5 per harvester a day; one fish over 24" may count in the bag.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Sep–May. More on black drum
Tarpon feeds aggressively under full moon. Inside tarpon's active range. Strong wind — chop and difficult casting. Holds 3–30 ft down.
Catch and release only today. Catch-and-release only. Tarpon over 40" must stay in the water unless you hold a tarpon tag (one per person a year), bought before fishing, in pursuit of a Florida state or world record.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Florida
Season here: Apr–Sep. Likes an incoming tide. More on tarpon
Solunar tables are a popular heuristic. A peer-reviewed test found they don’t predict catch on their own, so here they only nudge the score when the tide or moon already agree. How the score works
We only show reports an agency has published, with their date. Florida FWC has the state’s fishing pages.
Licenses and rules: state fishery agencies · fish-consumption advisory
The pass at the mouth of Charlotte Harbor, off the south end of Gasparilla Island. FWC lists Boca Grande Pass as the area's tarpon spot, with tarpon from spring to mid-summer; around Charlotte Harbor it also lists snook, redfish and seatrout year-round and black drum in winter and spring.
Tarpon are catch-and-release only. In Boca Grande Pass, gear with a weight hanging below the hook is banned for every species year-round, and from April through June a boat may fish no more than three lines.
Public spots within 40 miles, with the same 36 hours of floats.
Yes (anglers age 16 and older). To fish at Boca Grande (Charlotte Harbor) you need the appropriate state fishing license. See the agency's current rules: the state agency website
Boca Grande (Charlotte Harbor) is listed on this site for 5 commonly-targeted species: Tarpon, Common Snook, Red Drum, Spotted Seatrout, and 1 more. Which species is currently in season and which is scoring highest today is shown in the per-species ranking on this page.
It depends more on the species and the day's conditions than on a fixed "best hour." Water temperature, weather, and — at tidal locations — the stage of the tide drive activity most. The per-species ranking on this page scores every target species at Boca Grande (Charlotte Harbor) against today's live conditions, so the fish near the top are your best bets right now; check back as conditions change through the day.
Boca Grande (Charlotte Harbor) has multiple access types — pier, shoreline, and at least one public boat ramp. Tarpon are catch-and-release only. In Boca Grande Pass, gear with a weight hanging below the hook is banned for every species year-round, and from April through June a boat may fish no more than three lines.
state agency regulations apply at Boca Grande (Charlotte Harbor). Size limits, creel limits, and seasonal closures are listed per species on each species page. Always confirm against the agency source linked from each regulation block — emergency closures can take effect mid-season.
Yes. Boca Grande (Charlotte Harbor) sits on tidal water with a NOAA tide station nearby. Today's high/low timing is in the tide chart on this page.
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